THURSDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2025, 19:23
The Binance Smart Chain (BNB Chain) ecosystem is stirring, with its Total Value Locked (TVL) steadily climbing toward new highs. Current metrics show BNB Chain’s TVL at about $7.74 billion, ranking it among the top blockchains by locked value. Investors see this as a sign that capital is flowing back into smart chains with strong […]
The crypto scene’s evolving rapidly. Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Pepe (PEPE), once the significant potential for life-changing gains, aren’t the only games in town anymore. More people are eyeing coins with real substance and room to grow, and Avalon X (AVLX)—a real estate-backed cryptocurrency mixing digital flair with solid assets—is turning heads. Especially, its presale […]
Huawei has broken years of secrecy to reveal its road map to compete against Nvidia in advanced AI chips.
Home Affairs can technically produce up to nine million smart ID cards annually. With the increase in locations where these can be obtained, the estimated remaining green ID books in circulation could all be replaced within two to three years.
The chairman of the F.C.C., who is in the spotlight for his comments that may have led to the suspension of late night TV show host Jimmy Kimmel, has long criticized the media for perceived bias.
The murder of political activist Charlie Kirk has prompted fears about rising levels of political violence in the US after a number of high-profile assassinations and attempted assassinations of political figures in recent years. But how connected are these events and do they signal a rise in public support for this kind of violence? To find out Ian Sample speaks to Sean Westwood, an associate...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: On the outskirts of this city of 21 million, a showroom in a shopping mall offers extraordinary deals on new cars. Visitors can choose from some 5,000 vehicles. Locally made Audis are 50% off. A seven-seater SUV from China’s FAW is about $22,300, more than 60% below its sticker price. These deals — offered by a company called Zcar, which says it...
Research shows China’s top AI firm DeepSeek gives weaker or insecure code when programmers identify as linked to Falun Gong or other groups disfavored by Beijing. It offers higher-quality results to everyone else. “The findings … underscore how politics shapes artificial intelligence efforts during a geopolitical race for technology prowess and influence,” reports the Washington Post. From the...
At its annual developer conference on Wednesday, Meta showed several new smart glasses, which have been a surprise hit for the company.
At a Senate hearing, grieving parents testified that companion chatbots from major tech companies encouraged their children toward self-harm, suicide, and violence. One mom even claimed that Character.AI tried to “silence” her by forcing her into arbitration. Ars Technica reports: At the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing, one mom, identified as...
New glasses with a built-in display bring Meta’s vision of the augmented reality future into focus. The popular Ray-Bans also get an update, and there’s a new Oakley style for action sports.
prisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: The GNOME Project released today GNOME 49 “Brescia” as the latest stable version of this widely used desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions, a major release that introduces exciting new features. Highlights of GNOME 49 include a new “Do Not Disturb” toggle in Quick Settings, a dedicated Accessibility menu in the login screen, support for...
Wild chimpanzees have been found to consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager’s alcohol a day from eating ripened fruit, scientists say. BBC: They say this is evidence humans may have got our taste for alcohol from common primate ancestors who relied on fermented fruit — a source of sugar and alcohol — for food. “Human attraction to alcohol probably arose from this dietary heritage of our...
Sony has quietly introduced a revised PlayStation 5 Digital Edition that reduces internal storage from 1TB to 825GB while maintaining the same 499 Euro ($590) price point. The CFI-2116 revision has appeared on Amazon listings across Italy, Germany, Spain and France without official announcement from Sony. The storage downgrade returns the console to its original 825GB capacity last seen in the...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Polygon: The CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit have been called to Congress to testify about the “radicalization of online forum users” on those platforms, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced Wednesday. “Congress has a duty to oversee the online platforms that radicals have used to advance political violence,” said...
California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii release recommendations in wake of firings at federal health agencies
Four western states are issuing their own joint recommendations for who should receive Covid, flu and RSV vaccines this fall, providing a counterbalance in anticipation of new vaccine guidance from the Trump administration, which has purged prominent scientists from the federal health...
Two Xpeng AeroHT flying cars collided during a rehearsal for the Changchun Air Show in China, with one vehicle catching fire upon landing. While the company reported no serious injuries, CNN reported one person was injured in the crash. The BBC reports: Footage on Chinese social media site Weibo appeared to show a flaming vehicle on the ground which was being attended to by fire engines. One...
A House Oversight Committee hearing produced a flood of bizarre claims about cloud seeding, chemtrails, and solar geoengineering. Proven, human-driven changes to the weather were dismissed.
Swedish researchers find low daily dose can halve risk in post-surgery patients with specific gene mutations
A daily dose of aspirin can substantially reduce the risk of some colorectal cancers returning after surgery, according to a major trial into the protective effects of the everyday painkiller.
Swedish researchers found that people who took a low daily dose of aspirin after having their...
TCL is offering deep discounts across its mini LED range, but our favorites are at the top end.
Microsoft is now prioritizing Anthropic’s Claude 4 over OpenAI’s GPT-5 in Visual Studio Code’s auto model feature, signaling a quiet but clear shift in preference. The Verge reports: “Based on internal benchmarks, Claude Sonnet 4 is our recommended model for GitHub Copilot,” said Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft’s developer division, in an internal email in June. While that guidance was issued...